Dispatch

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  • transitive verb. To relegate to a specific destination or send on specific business. synonym: send.
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To complete, transact, or dispose of promptly.
  • transitive verb. To eat up (food); finish off (a dish or meal).
  • transitive verb. To put to death summarily.
  • noun. The act of sending off, as to a specific destination.
  • noun. Dismissal or rejection of something regarded as unimportant or unworthy of consideration.
  • noun. The act of putting to death.
  • noun. Speed in performance or movement. synonym: haste.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A written message, particularly an official communication, sent with speed.
  • noun. An important message sent by a diplomat or an officer in the armed forces.
  • noun. A news item sent to a news organization, as by a correspondent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • etc. See despatch, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
  • noun. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
  • noun. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
  • noun. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
  • noun. A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural
  • noun. A message transmitted by telegraph.
  • noun. a swift vessel for conveying dispatches; an advice boat.
  • noun. a box for carrying dispatches; a box for papers and other conveniences when traveling.
  • transitive verb. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
  • transitive verb. To rid; to free.
  • transitive verb. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
  • transitive verb. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
  • transitive verb. To send out of the world; to put to death.
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  • verb. To send a shipment with promptness.
  • verb. To send an important official message sent by a diplomat or military officer with promptness.
  • verb. To hurry.
  • verb. To deprive.
  • verb. To destroy quickly and efficiently.
  • verb. To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
  • noun. A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer.
  • noun. The act of getting rid of something quickly.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. killing a person or animal
  • verb. dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
  • verb. send away towards a designated goal
  • noun. the act of sending off something
  • noun. an official report (usually sent in haste)
  • verb. kill intentionally and with premeditation
  • verb. kill without delay
  • noun. the property of being prompt and efficient
  • verb. complete or carry out
  • Word Usage
    "The dispatch is notable for the vast fund of information London was able to gather, down to the precise details on what the Japanese infantryman carried in his kit."
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